Endless Forms Most Beaut Pa
ISBN: 9780393327793 | 0393327795
Edition: 00Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: W W NORTON
Pub. Date: 4/17/2006
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| Preface: Revolution #3 | ix | ||||
| Introduction: Butterflies, Zebras, and Embryos | 1 | (16) | |||
| Part I The Making of Animals | |||||
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| Part II Fossils, Genes, and the Making of Animal Diversity | |||||
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| Sources and Further Reading | 307 | (22) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 329 | (4) | |||
| Index | 333 |
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